Claims suggesting that the Ghana cedi is the worst-performing currency in the world have been circulating on both social media and news media platforms....
The Municipal Chief Executive (MCE) for Obuasi West, Faustilove Appiah Kannin, has recounted her final conversations with Samuel Aboagye, one of the victims of...
Police have confirmed a brazen armed attack on the convoy of Pe Ditundini Adiali Ayagitam III, the Chiana-Pio and Upper East Region’s representative on...
The Greater Accra Regional Organiser of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Anthony Nukpenu, has questioned the authenticity of some viral videos purportedly showing acts...
A juror in the sex trafficking trial of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs has been removed after giving inconsistent answers about where he lives.
During jury...
The Ashanti Regional Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Yandoh, says he will not abandon Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as...
During a recent address to the Young Executive Forum in London, Ghana’s former Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, claimed that the current NDC administration...
On January 7, 2025, Burkina Faso’s transitional leader, Capt. Ibrahim Traoré attended the inauguration of President John Mahama at the Independence Square in Accra.
Clad in brown...
Claim: Social media posts on X (formerly Twitter) have circulated a photo claiming that the recently destroyed statue of Ghana’s ex-President Nana Akufo-Addo is currently...
Claim: Fire has engulfed parts of Madina market and bus station in Accra.
Verdict: False. Using digital tools, DUBAWA found that the video circulating on social media...
Claim: President Akufo-Addo has asked the US to invade Burkina Faso over the presence of Wagner forces, a viral tweet has suggested.
Verdict: Misleading! Although President Akufo-Addo...
Claim: Multiple social media users shared a flyer in which Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the 2024 flagbearer of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), allegedly said...
Claim: The running mate of NPP’s Presidential Candidate, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, aka NAPO, said President-elect John Dramani Mahama had said he would bring...
Claim: A viral video circulating on social media claims that Movement of Change leader Alan Kyerematen ignored ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor at the funeral of...
Claim: A Facebook user claims cloves water can be used to get rid of yeast infection and tighten the vagina.
Verdict: False. There is no substantial scientific...
Claim: A trending video shows NDC Chairperson Johnson Asiedu Nketia allegedly stating that the NDC will cancel the Free SHS policy if elected in 2024....
Claim: A social media user alleges that the Ghanaian government uses revenue from the e-levy and betting taxes to power the country’s electricity generation.
Verdict: Misleading! While...
The Ghana Fact-checking Coalition, a group of fact-checkers, has reported over 100 false publications related to the 2024 elections in its Election 2024 Media...
Claim: Two social media users (here and here) claim the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, recorded zero votes in some polling stations...
Claim: President Akufo-Addo was rushed to the hospital for medical attention
Source: Phoenix News website Archived Here
Verdict: False!
Explanation: Checks by the Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition at the presidency have...
Claim: TikTok user, menu. tabor shared a video of President Akufo-Addo, implying that his reaction in the video is his response to the December 7, 2024...
Claim: An Instagram video shared on TV3 is alleging that the Lamashegu Police Station was vandalized by some youth in Tamale.
Source: TV3 (Instagram)
Verdict: Misleading
Explanation: The...
Claim: NDC members lock up National Organiser Joseph Yamin in Ashanti Region
Source:@MrIrish3 (X) and @kwadwosheldon. (Archived here & here).
Verdict: Misleading!
Explanation: A violent incident was recorded on December 6, 2024,...
Claim: A Facebook user, Francis Kennedy Ocloo, shared a picture of President Akufo-Addo’s statue at the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital in Sekondi and another statue that...
Claim: NDC busted EC for booking Whyte Gate Hotel at Galilea for ballot stuffing with military and police protection.
Source: @fanti_boy (X). (Archived here).
Verdict: Insufficient Evidence
Explanation: Our sources...
Claim: A post in a pro-NPP Facebook group, “NPP Official’s Ashley Anston,” suggests that Russia might have interfered in Ghana’s election. The post states: “Russia...
Claim: A viral tweet allegedly from Ursula Owusu-Ekuful warns followers she will not tolerate disrespect after her loss in the Ablekuma West Constituency parliamentary...
Claim: An X handle claimed that the NPP inherited an unemployment rate of 8.4% but brought it to 4% by employing 2.6 million Ghanaians.
Source: X (formerly...
Claim: An X user shared a video claiming that two men who confronted soldiers during the voting exercise in Obuasi East are now receiving treatment in a...
Claim: KT Hammond has lost his seat. (Source: Facebook, Twitter)
Verdict: False
Explanation
Reports that the Member of Parliament for Adansi Asokwa Constituency, K. T Hammond, has lost his seat...
On X (formerly Twitter), a coordinated network of accounts is driving hashtags such as:
#IncompetentMahama
#FailedMahama
#1TouchForBawumia
#BawumiaForPresident
These accounts are spreading harmful disinformation targeting John Dramani Mahama, the...
Claim: A Facebook user claims a group of Togolese brought in by the NPP were arrested in Ketu South and repatriated.
Source: Facebook
Verdict: Misleading
Explanation: The Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition...
Claim: A TikTok user shared a video attributing a statement made by South Africa’s former president, Nelson Mandela, to ex-President John Dramani Mahama, claiming: “Wait and...
Claim: A WhatsApp video reports a shooting incident leading to the death of an individual in a branded NDC T-shirt in the Tolon Constituency.
Source:...
Claim: X users @NanaKwame_off, @GrefDuah, and @AmoakoKwam claim NDC Parliamentary candidate for Ayawaso West Wuogon, John Dumelo, called Maa Lydia a husband killer in bulk SMS to constituents.
Verdict: False
Explanation:
The...
